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The model being cut now, we're ready for scanning.
Each of the 10 pieces (this model is scaled 1/10) is scanned and reassembled digitally to form the eventual bodyplan. In the same way, the sideview of the boat is completed, and all this together forms the lineplan which we will use to start building this boat.

Just to prove all you cabinet makers in the world that boatbuilders can build something that is perfectly straight, I made myself a new workbench. And she's made out of oak, ash and padouk, mostly from short pieces I saved especially for this project.
Some of the metal stuff I created myself on the lathe, but most of the turning was done by Jan Martens, my mastercraftsman and teacher for seven years now, whose help and mentorship brought me to where I am now.

Since we are developing a new boat I will try from now on to post pictures and text of the birth of our new baby on a monthly base. From her early days - my sketches and of course the wooden model - over the CAD plans to the set up and building to the moment she will finally hit the water.
This 7 meter open wooden motor launch will be built larch on oak frames according to my halfmodel. She will be powered by a 30 hp diesel engine - inboard or outboard.